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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERVIN E. WITHEY, or SYRACUSE-NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE DUGUID SADDLERYCOMPANY, or SAME-PLACE.

BFRIDLE-BIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 523,612, dated July24,1894. Application filed January 22, 1894. Serial No. 497,619. (Nomodel.)

. To all whom it mag/ concern.-

Be it known that I, ERVIN E. WITHEY, of

Syracuse, in the'county of Onondaga, in the Stateof New Yo'rk, haveinvented new and useful Improvements inBits, of whichthe following,taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear,and exact description This invention relates'to bits, as a new articleof manufacture, and adapted forgeneral driving purposes.

Heretofore the mouth-pieces for bits have been constructed of leather,raw-hide, or similar material, but in each instance it has consisted indoubling the material upon itself,

leaving the edges of the hide exposed to the action of the air andmoisture, which has resulted in very soon allowing the mouth-piece.

to decay, thereby rendering it unsafe for use;

and, for the purpose'of obviating this diffi-' culty and objection,my'object is to produce and construct a month-piece for abit in whichthe raw edges are concealed for the purpose of excluding the air andmoisture and exposing-but the grained side of the hide to the air andmoisture; and to that end myinvention consists in the several new andnovel features of construction hereinafter described, and which arespecifically set forth in the claims hereunto annexed. V T

It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1, shows a side View of the bit. Fig.2, shows an edge view thereof. Fig. 3, shows the construction of themouth-piece. Fig. 4, is a view of the filler. Fig. 5, is a cross sectionon line -x-.:c-, Fig. 3. Fig. 6, is across section on line -yy-,Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A- is the bit complete, comprising the mouth-piece aand cheek-piece, orring, -b-. The mouth-piece is composed of a strip of rawhide, or similarmaterial, folded so as to present the grained surface outward, andhaving its edges stitched or otherwise secured together, as shown. cis afiller of raw-hide, or other similar material, inclosed within themouth-piece to give it additional strength. The mouth-piece is then bentupon itself as shown, inclosing the rings, the ends 'mitered together asshown at -d and the whole stitched together so as to force the raw edgesto firmly abut against each other for the purpose of excluding the airand moisture.

It will be observed that I mayalso take a strip of raw-hide, or similarmaterial, and fold it at a short distance from its lateral edges so asto have its edges approach each other and lie substantially in the sameplane, and then fold the entire piece transversely so as to inclose thecheek-pieces, or rings, and secure the folds together laterally, andthereby exclude the air and'moisture.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. A mouth-piece for abit, as a new article of manufacture, comprising a strip of rawwith thegrain out, its edges secured together,

folded upon itself, rings within the folds at each end, the meetingedges mitered'or dovetailed together, and the Whole of said mouthpiecestitched or secured together laterally,

as set forth.

' 3. A mouth-piece for a bit, as anew article of manufacture, comprisinga strip of'rawhide, or similar material, folded with the grain out, itslateral edges approaching each other and lying substantially in the sameplane,

then folded transversely to inclose the cheek-' piece, or ring, and thefolds secured together laterally.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day ofJanuary,1894.

E. E. WITHEY.

In presence of- O. W. SMITH, HOWARD P. DENISON.

